[Wamvan] PBS - Women, War and Peace

[Natalie Hill]

PBS will soon launch a five-part series on Women, War and Peace:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/

The first series will air Tuesday October 11 (check your local listings for
channel number and time).

Here is a sample of some of the topics and personalities included, lifted
from their website:


   -
   <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/gloria-steinem-on-the-use-of-rape-as-a-weapon/>
    Gloria Steinem on Rape as a
Weapon<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/gloria-steinem-on-the-use-of-rape-as-a-weapon/>
   The feminist icon examines the root causes of this crime against humanity
    -
   <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/sheryl-wudunn-on-the-greatest-moral-challenge-of-the-century/>
    The Greatest Moral Challenge of the
Century<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/sheryl-wudunn-on-the-greatest-moral-challenge-of-the-century/>
   An interview with Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of *Half the Sky*
    -
   <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/women-war-peace-series-preview/>
    Think You Know
War?<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/women-war-peace-series-preview/>
   Watch the Women, War & Peace trailer
    - <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/war-redefined/>
    War Redefined<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/features/war-redefined/>
   Premieres November 8, 2011
    -
   <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/why-are-some-women-terrorists/>
    From Terrorized to
Terrorist<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/why-are-some-women-terrorists/>
   Inside the minds of women combatants
    - <http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/podcast-2/>
    Are Boys Natural Born
Killers?<http://www.pbs.org/wnet/women-war-and-peace/podcast/podcast-2/>
   How culture dictates which gender fights

They are also currently running Ken Burns' three-part series on Prohibition,
which I've been watching.  It is excellent.

Really into PBS these days.  Looking forward to this series.

Nat
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